So I am a bit confused here... everyone seems to be saying you should update to 1204 for the best overclocking potential but from what I can see nothing really changed from 1053 to 1204 that effects overclocking.

this is wierd, 1302 beta fixed all my issues, but im on a vanilla p8p67, here is what I have noticed, with power states on (auto) before on 1204 it was just enabled or disabled, my overclock is constant 4500mhz, never drops, I was about to change these to enabled, but did some benching, and for some wierd reason, my 3dmark 11 score went from p6230 to p6570, I have done numerous runs on both bios to verify this, but I knew something was up when graphics test 3 was hovering around 40fps, and my double boot has stopped, another new option I found was in the boot section, (wait for error press f1)enabled, im going to leave power states on auto for now

We have new official UEFI releases for the P8P67 Standard/Pro/EVO/Deluxe/Sabertooth boards today. You will not be able to roll back to an older UEFI after this update as it contains new firmware and B3 stepping compatibility. Additional UEFI releases for the balance of our P67/H67 product lineup will be released in the near future after qualification testing is complete (H67/P67M/WS). The next official UEFI update (13xx series) in the near future will feature additional user enhancements, USB drift fix and updated Marvell/Intel MEI controller firmware. I highly suggest a Clear CMOS event after loading the updated UEFI and then entering UEFI to reset your custom settings. JJ and I will have updated information on memory setups and SSD testing over the course of the next week.

1. Reset your UEFI to Optimized Defaults, reboot, enter UEFI and then flash to the new UEFI build.
2. After flash and restart, shutdown the system before you enter Windows/Linux.
3. Remover the power cord from the power supply, wait thirty seconds, press Power On button to clear any remaining charge, clear CMOS for five seconds, reattach the power cord, power on the system, enter UEFI, set to Optimized Defaults, save and exit.
4. Enter UEFI, set your system to customized settings based on your system configuration (RAID, OC, etc), save and exit.

this is wierd, 1302 beta fixed all my issues, but im on a vanilla p8p67, here is what I have noticed, with power states on (auto) before on 1204 it was just enabled or disabled, my overclock is constant 4500mhz, never drops, I was about to change these to enabled, but did some benching, and for some wierd reason, my 3dmark 11 score went from p6230 to p6570, I have done numerous runs on both bios to verify this, but I knew something was up when graphics test 3 was hovering around 40fps, and my double boot has stopped, another new option I found was in the boot section, (wait for error press f1)enabled, im going to leave power states on auto for now

Well, based on this I think I'm going to flash to 1305 today. I can always force it back to 1204 if I need to.